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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moustached Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
White-tailed Crested-flycatcher Elminia albonotata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Chapin's Apalis Apalis chapini	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Cinnamon Bracken-warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea	EN	breeding	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla chlorigula	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Olive-headed Bulbul Arizelocichla striifacies	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Orange Ground-thrush Geokichla gurneyi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-eyed Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rusty-flanked Robin-chat Dessonornis macclounii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Iringa Akalat Sheppardia lowei	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Forest Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A3
East African Citril Crithagra hyposticta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Kipengere Seedeater Crithagra melanochroa	LC	resident	2000	unknown	A2, A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mdando	Forest Reserve	48
-	Madenge	Forest Reserve	13
-	Sakaranyumo	Forest Reserve	13
-	Musiora	Forest Reserve	5
-	Mayefiya	Forest Reserve	2
-	Igoma Logala	Forest Reserve	1
-	Idamba	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Forest Reserve Name Unknown No. 2	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Sakaranyumo	Forest Reserve	-
-	Isililo	Forest Reserve	1
-	Ngogwa Busangi	Forest Reserve	<1
-	Nguluka	Forest Reserve	1
-	Musiora	Forest Reserve	-
-	Mtunguru	Forest Reserve	28
-	Ikonde	Forest Reserve	1
-	Madenge	Forest Reserve	-
1958	Sisu	Forest Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Livingstone Mountains forests (Tanzania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/livingstone-mountains-forests-iba-tanzania on 23/11/2024.